tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post7628011600360444665..comments2023-10-19T10:51:43.826-04:00Comments on Author Amok: National Poetry Month Issue 8Author Amokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-33197695737300172782011-04-13T13:13:29.244-04:002011-04-13T13:13:29.244-04:00Thanks, all. Ann is -- as you can see -- a teacher...Thanks, all. Ann is -- as you can see -- a teacher whose ability to pay attention is a gift both to students and to readers.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-13725397524783581832011-04-09T07:50:21.376-04:002011-04-09T07:50:21.376-04:00Ann Bracken is both my Teacher Hero and Poet Hero....Ann Bracken is both my Teacher Hero and Poet Hero. Wow. To know kids so well AND to be able to put it into such a beautiful poem...Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-49835117978160942842011-04-09T05:55:58.709-04:002011-04-09T05:55:58.709-04:00Oh my. I'm looking even more forward to meeti...Oh my. I'm looking even more forward to meeting Ann somewhere now. I knew we were going somewhere interesting just from the title, and then she unfolds him, crumple by crumple, until we know enough of his story to love him right along with her.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments on both my mjlu post and my lasagna factory! I enjoyed going back to 2010 to read your wonderful Blizzard Soup poem-- "Ground was something to imagine.//Why would he go?" In fact the style of this poem reminds me of Alice Oswald's.<br /><br />Up early this morning to catch up on NaPoMo reading...and will send you a poem today. Hope ya like it!Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-11037714481889540612011-04-08T17:55:41.927-04:002011-04-08T17:55:41.927-04:00Wow, such an amazing poem. The imagery really stic...Wow, such an amazing poem. The imagery really sticks with you. I can see this kid, he is that kid that you know you've seen at one time or another, and this poem just brings that to life and breaks you heart. Way to go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-64682768548851172272011-04-08T10:02:26.764-04:002011-04-08T10:02:26.764-04:00Very touching poem with good imagery and fresh wor...Very touching poem with good imagery and fresh word choices. I liked "his six-foot frame crumpled<br />like a discarded origami bird" in particular. Also, the end. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing this, Laura!Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.com